PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baki Grappler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kina Pereueta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grappler's entrance music is Let the bodies hit the floor. A fine choice. Pereueta has chosen Samoan Warriors as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grappler
vs
Pereueta

170 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Grappler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kina Pereueta!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grappler shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Grappler showed some decent athleticism there.
Grappler controlling the action here.
Grappler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Grappler drops an elbow to the side of Pereueta's head.
Pereueta slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Pereueta throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Grappler slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Pereueta's face as Grappler controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereueta regains half guard there - taking advantage of Grappler's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Grappler is pressing down on Pereueta's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pereueta is holding on for now.
Grappler controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pereueta works his way to full guard. Good work.
Grappler scoring with some ground and pound.
Grappler makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Grappler trying to control but Pereueta is working from the bottom.
Grappler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grappler stays in close to Pereueta's body and controls the position.
Grappler distracts Pereueta with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grappler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereueta controls Grappler momentarily but Grappler frees himself.
Grappler is in close to Pereueta's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Grappler drops back looking for a leg! Pereueta is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pereueta manages to kick Grappler off! Grappler jumps back into Pereueta's guard.
Grappler is in close to Pereueta's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grappler wants to control from the top but Pereueta keeps moving.
Grappler has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grappler controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pereueta can't keep his opponent in guard - Grappler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pereueta is looking to improve his position.
Grappler is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baki Grappler dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Grappler.

Grappler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Grappler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Grappler scores with punches from side control.
Grappler tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Grappler just content to control the position.
Pereueta avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Grappler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grappler wants to control but Pereueta is keeping him busy.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Baki Grappler just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Grappler shoots in but no luck this time.
Grappler shoots in for a double leg but Pereueta sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pereueta scores with a body shot.
Kina Pereueta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grappler fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Baki Grappler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grappler fails with the takedown.
Grappler shoots in for a takedown but Pereueta shows good takedown defense.
Some wild striking there from Pereueta.
Grappler avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grappler will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grappler fails with a takedown attempt.

Grappler feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pereueta controls Grappler momentarily but Grappler frees himself.
Grappler controlling from the top position.
Grappler stands and throws Pereueta's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grappler is working Pereueta over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pereueta gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Pereueta in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pereueta is in all sorts of trouble here.
Grappler working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grappler cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pereueta is squirming around, avoiding Grappler's attempts to control the action.
Grappler scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grappler lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grappler cracks Pereueta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grappler landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereueta is looking to get to half guard.
Grappler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Grappler trying to control but Pereueta is having none of it.
Grappler lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baki Grappler dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Grappler.
Grappler taking a break here but Pereueta is having none of it and regains half guard.
Grappler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grappler throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grappler winds up and cracks Pereueta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pereueta tries to get to full guard but Grappler has control of the leg.
Grappler lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereueta has hold of Grappler's hands but Grappler slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grappler throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grappler controlling the action here.
Grappler winds up and cracks Pereueta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Grappler is keen to just control but Pereueta is a slippery customer.
Grappler works his way into full mount!
Grappler dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grappler lands a big elbow.
Grappler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Grappler punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grappler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Grappler landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grappler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Grappler with a couple of short strikes.
Grappler cracks Pereueta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grappler sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Grappler in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Grappler is working for a guillotine from mount but Pereueta frees his head quite easily.
Kina Pereueta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grappler looking to finish Pereueta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pereueta!
Grappler content just to control the position here.
Pereueta is in all sorts of trouble here.
Grappler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grappler is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pereueta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pereueta is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baki Grappler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grappler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baki Grappler!